Green Mile (Blu-Ray) (1999)

Editor's Note Director Frank Darabont's second adaptation of a Stephen King prison tale (the first being 1994's nearly flawless THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION) is a hopeful charmer with a hint of the supernatural. The story focuses on Paul Edgecomb (Tom Hanks), a Louisiana security guard who works on death row during the Great Depression. When John Coffey (Michael Clarke Duncan), a gigantic black man convicted of raping and murdering two white girls, joins the other prisoners on the row, Paul's life is forever altered. Coffey doesn't fit the mold of a psychopathic killer; he's kind, gentle, and afraid of the dark. As the story progresses, Edgecomb learns that there is something more than simple goodness to Coffey. Building to a hopeful climax, Darabont once again proves that he is King's most loyal cinematic translator. The film features uniformly excellent performances in leading and supporting roles, notably Duncan as Coffey; David Morse and Barry Pepper as Hanks's fellow prison guards; and Michael Jeter as condemned killer Edward Delacroix.

	Barry Pepper
	Graham Greene
	William Sadler
	Gary Sinise
	Jeffrey DeMunn
	Bonnie Hunt
	Michael Clarke Duncan
	Doug Hutchison
	Sam Rockwell
	Michael Jeter
	Harry Dean Stanton
	Dabbs Greer
	Tom Hanks
	Eve Brent
	David Morse
	Patricia Clarkson
	James Cromwell
	Frank Darabont - Screenwriter
	Richard Francis-Bruce - Editor
	Terence Marsh - Production Designer
	Thomas Newman - Composer
	David Tattersall - Director of Photography
	Karyn Wagner - Costume Designer
	Stephen King - Source Writer
	Frank Darabont - Producer
	David Valdes - Producer
	Frank Darabont - Director

THE GREEN MILE, based on a Depression-era tale by Stephen King, tells the story of the unusual bond that is formed between Paul Edgecomb, a Louisiana security guard, and John Coffey, a gentle and gigantic inmate on death row.

"This big man is about to pull off your ears. Aren't you going to listen to him?"----Paul Edgecomb (Tom Hanks), regarding John Coffey (Michael Clarke Duncan)

"On the day of my judgement, when I stand before God, and he asks me why did I kill one of his true miracles...what am I gonna say? That is was my job? My job?"----Paul Edgecomb to John Coffey

Variety
"...[A] powerful and meticulously crafted drama....Hanks excels..." p.56-70

Entertainment Weekly
"...[Hanks] is on par with his career-best work....A long walk to a worthwhile destination..." -- Rating: A- 06/16/2000 p.67

Chicago Sun-Times
"...There are several sequences of powerful emotion in the film....It tells a story with beginning, middle, end, vivid characters, humor, outrage and emotional release..." 12/10/1999 p.35